Nick Dunhill
Western Thunderer
.....cab door handrails. I bought some Laurie Griffin tapered handrails and they have cleaned up nicely. Spinning them in a mini drill and polishing them with wet-or-dry (hold both sides) straightens them up.
I measured the position of the base holes for the handrails off the GA and pre-drilled them before soldering on the tank/cab/bunker sides. To my horror the cab cut-out beading was slightly too short (also to be completely accurate it's offset so that is thicker on the inside than the outside.) Here's how I got round it.
Ends too short, so splice a bit in. There's some scrap material on the etch that's the correct thickness. Solder with high temp solder (electrical at 240deg.)
Add yer handrails with lower temp solder, 140 deg.
Cut out the unwanted bit with a piercing saw carefully and make good.
Or with the benefit of hindsight you could drill the base holes half a mm to the left/right and avoid all the above malarkey....your call......
I measured the position of the base holes for the handrails off the GA and pre-drilled them before soldering on the tank/cab/bunker sides. To my horror the cab cut-out beading was slightly too short (also to be completely accurate it's offset so that is thicker on the inside than the outside.) Here's how I got round it.
Ends too short, so splice a bit in. There's some scrap material on the etch that's the correct thickness. Solder with high temp solder (electrical at 240deg.)
Add yer handrails with lower temp solder, 140 deg.
Cut out the unwanted bit with a piercing saw carefully and make good.
Or with the benefit of hindsight you could drill the base holes half a mm to the left/right and avoid all the above malarkey....your call......